Welcome to Trakkit.org

in MD Trakkit.org is the frontend for a track rendering engine for leisure and offshore sailing.

It lets you:

• Create, view, and share navigation tracks
• Embed them into applications or websites
• Share tracks via a simple internet link

Using timestamped emails (e.g. with Iridium Go), you can even track a boat in real time and share its position with friends or family.

⚠️ Trakkit.org does not collect any personal data. You are responsible for what you choose to share online.

🔧 How does it work?

1. Send your GPS positions to spool@trakkit.org (e.g., via Iridium Go)
2. Define a track with a start and end date
3. Share the link:
   https://trakkit.org/ttr/<YOUR_TTR>
   (Replace <YOUR_TTR> with your track ID, available in your track list)
4. Optionally, upload a full GPX or NMEA file after your trip

Note: Trakkit was originally designed for Iridium Go, but any device capable of sending GPS emails is supported.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Create an account (free)
2. Create a boat (name is enough)
3. Upload some data (e.g., a legacy GPX file)
4. Add a track (start date / end date)
5. Grab the TTR ID and view or share the track

📚 General Documentation

Everything in Trakkit.org revolves around three objects:

• Boat
• Data
• Track

Data is linked to a boat. A track is a segment of data between two dates.

Basic structure:

• 1 user may have several boats
• 1 boat belongs to 1 user only
• 1 boat can have as many tracks as needed
• Multiple tracks may use the same data

🛥️ Boat

Creating a boat is the first step required to import data and associate tracks.

⚙️ Default Behavior

When a new boat is created: - A test track is automatically generated. - A set of sample data is associated with this track.

This allows you to quickly verify the boat’s parameters and visualization.
Note: This test track and its data will be automatically deleted upon the first import of real data.

📝 Available Fields

• Name (required): Identifies the boat.
• Maxspeed: Used to detect potential GPS point anomalies (e.g., unrealistic speeds).
• Info: An optional, purely informational field.
• Active livetrack: Enables real-time tracking with past track.
  A dedicated track must be created beforehand via the Track menu, then selected here. To be eligible for Live Track, the track must have an end date in the future (e.g., 1/1/2050).
• Direct URL: A public web address providing direct access to the boat’s current position, and its livetrack if defined.

✉️ Emails and Tags

Once the boat has been created, you can associate one or more email addresses and tags to it.

📧 Emails

If an email address is linked to a boat, any message sent to spool@trakit.org from that address will be automatically associated with the corresponding boat.
You can attach GPX or NMEA data files to the email, and they will be linked automatically.

• You can associate multiple email addresses with a single boat.
• An email address cannot be linked to more than one boat.

🏷️ Tags

Tags are alternative aliases used to identify a boat.

• You can create as many tags as you like for a given boat.
• Tags can be shared with groups or individuals to grant access.
• A tag can be deleted at any time.
• You may also send data by email without registering the sender address, by simply putting the tag in the subject line.

📈 Data

Data is a collection of GPS points and optional sensor info (AWA, AWS, etc.) for a boat.

• Sorted chronologically
• May come from different sources
• Tracks are a view of data (no strong link)
• Deleting a track does not delete data

📂 Importing Data

1. Direct Upload

• Supported formats: GPX, NMEA/VDR
• Compression supported: .zip, .gzip, .7z, .tar

2. Email to Spool

Send positions or file attachments to spool@trakkit.org

• You can declare one or more sending emails in the boat settings
• Or use a custom tag in the email subject
• Iridium Go format and simple plain text position formats are supported:

1°12.123 1°12.123 2021-01-01 17:01

💡 The ° character is optional.
📎 Max attachment size: 10MB (depending on provider).

🗑️ Deleting Data

Deleting a track does not delete the data.

To delete data:

• Use the Data > Delete menu
• Delete by date range or BatchID
• Every upload has a BatchID; removing a batch only deletes that data chunk